Plant Ribes nigrum (Grossulariaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Black Currant

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	1.0	3.0	-0.43	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RUBIDIUM	0	Fruit	1.0	28.0	0.68	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUTIN	87	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Bud	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAKURANETIN	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Fruit	3.0	30.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Fruit Juice	not available	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Fruit	10.0	220.0	0.11	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SODIUM	1	Fruit	20.0	111.0	-0.17	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	70.0	388.0	-0.25	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIDONIC ACID	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIDONIC ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STYROL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SUCROSE	14	Fruit	not available	6200.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Fruit	15800.0	106400.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Fruit	200.0	1385.0	-0.02	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	14	Duke, 1992 *
Anaphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anhydrotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Anorexic	2	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	10	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.